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Meaning of Consignee | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌkɒn.saɪˈniː

Definitions

  1. The person to whom a shipment is to be delivered.
  2. One to whom anything is consigned or entrusted.

Equivalents

Examples

“The letter had been given to the two Englishmen by a good friend of theirs in London, who had been in America two years previously, and had singled out Mr. J. L. Westgate from the many friends he had left there as the consignee, as it were, of his compatriots.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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